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STORAGE TANK-API 650
DESIGN CONSIDERATION
a) Dead Load (DL): The weight of the tank or tank component, including any corrosion allowance.
b) Design External Pressure (Pe): Shall not be less than 0.25 kPa, except that Pe shall be considered as 0 kPa
c) Design Internal Pressure (Pi): Shall not exceed 18 kPa.
d) Hydrostatic Test: The load due to filling the tank with water to the design liquid level.
f) Minimum Roof Live Load: 1.0 kPa on the horizontal projected area of the roof.
h) Snow (S)
k) Wind (W)
l) External Loads
Required Calculation
- Thicknesses - Attachments
- Wind and stability - Seismic
- Internal pressure - External pressure
- Bottom and annular plate thickness calculation - Shell & Roof plate thickness calculation
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SHELL DESIGN
The required shell thickness shall be the greater of the design shell thickness, including any corrosion allowance, or the
hydrostatic test shell thickness, but the shell thickness shall not be less than the following:
- Unless otherwise agreed to by the Purchaser, the shell plates shall have a minimum nominal width of 1800mm (72 in.)
❖ 1-Foot Method: 1-foot method calculates the thicknesses required at design points 0.3 m (1 ft) above the bottom of
each shell course.
❖ Variable-Design-Point Method: Design by the variable-design-point method gives shell thicknesses at design points
that result in the calculated stresses being relatively close to the actual circumferential shell stresses.
❖ Elastic Analysis: For tanks where L/H is greater than 1000/6, the selection of shell thicknesses shall be based on an
elastic analysis
❖ Annex A: Annex A permits an alternative shell design with a fixed allowable stress of 145 MPa(21,000 lbf/in.2) and a
joint efficiency factor of 0.85 or 0.70. This design may only be used for tanks with shell thicknesses less than or equal
to 13 mm Wind and stability.
✓ Calculation of Thickness by the 1-Foot Method
▪ This method shall not be used for tanks larger than 61 m (200 ft) in diameter.
▪ The required minimum thickness of shell plates shall be the greater of the values computed by the following
formulas:
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